RE: Good reading for Christian Homophobes
May 13, 2012 at 8:44 am
(This post was last modified: May 13, 2012 at 8:52 am by The Grand Nudger.)
You're reading it with your conclusion already in mind, which is what leads you to bold the portion you did (and de-emphasize the portion you did not). Nevertheless, "that which is filthy" would be prostitution. There are a few mentions of homosexuality in scripture, all indirect (as this one is) and at the very worst it seems to be seen as a sort of bundled effect of where the path of sinfulness leads. It is never directly stated to be sinful in and of itself, and is in fact never directly addressed.
Look, I think the whole book is bullshit cover to cover, so it wouldn't change my opnion on the matter either way. On the other hand (and I've mentioned this before) I'd really love for scripture to just come out and say "God hates fags" because that would be the icing on the cake for me. Sadly, it just isn't there.
Scripture.....is....silent. Clearly, the faithful are not. I think this is important to understand, because it removes any front a person can put forward in trying to justify their animosity or bigotry towards homosexuals. Without the excuse of god (and that's all it is in this context, because again, scripture is silent) people would be forced to come to terms with their own motivations. To put it simply, god isn't the one being an ass in this situation, all that remains is to explain why you feel the need to be. We've also been down the road of completely granting the gay hating crowd their pet translations, and then asking for reasons that god might decree such a thing in the first place. I haven't seen a competent response to that one either. Now, it's up to you. You can concede that god is not a douche (with regards to homosexuality) as I've stated, or, you can decide that for some reason to which you are unable to explain gay people make god feel wrathful (and so justify your very obvious animosity towards the same).
Look, I think the whole book is bullshit cover to cover, so it wouldn't change my opnion on the matter either way. On the other hand (and I've mentioned this before) I'd really love for scripture to just come out and say "God hates fags" because that would be the icing on the cake for me. Sadly, it just isn't there.
Scripture.....is....silent. Clearly, the faithful are not. I think this is important to understand, because it removes any front a person can put forward in trying to justify their animosity or bigotry towards homosexuals. Without the excuse of god (and that's all it is in this context, because again, scripture is silent) people would be forced to come to terms with their own motivations. To put it simply, god isn't the one being an ass in this situation, all that remains is to explain why you feel the need to be. We've also been down the road of completely granting the gay hating crowd their pet translations, and then asking for reasons that god might decree such a thing in the first place. I haven't seen a competent response to that one either. Now, it's up to you. You can concede that god is not a douche (with regards to homosexuality) as I've stated, or, you can decide that for some reason to which you are unable to explain gay people make god feel wrathful (and so justify your very obvious animosity towards the same).
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